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Fifth Person Dies at Rikers Island

August 22nd, 2024|

Queens Chronicle

"In response to the death of Anthony Jordan, 63, Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda, one of the many grassroots organizations leading the Campaign to Close Rikers, issued a statement. “It’s past time for Mayor Adams, district attorneys, and judges to stop sending people to a known death camp, and take every necessary action to shut it down as the law requires.”

Largest Street Vendor Protest in Decades Calls for More Permits, Less Enforcement

August 22nd, 2024|

New Amsterdam News

"Most participants at the Aug. 15 event were street vendors themselves, like the Street Vendor Project’s Calvin Baker. Baker sells general merchandise on Harlem’s 125th Street, an age-old corridor for Black street vendors in New York City."

Rikers Detainee Dies of Alleged Medical Emergency

August 21st, 2024|

Queens Daily Eagle

“Rikers is a grave risk to the life and safety of everyone there,” [Darren Mack, the co-director of advocacy group Freedom Agenda, said in a statement.]. “It’s past time for Mayor [Eric] Adams, district attorneys and judges to stop sending people to a known death camp, and take every necessary action to shut it down as the law requires.”
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